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Blessing for a Long Time: The Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe

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Blessing for a Long Time: The Sacred Pole of the Omaha TribeRobin Ridington and Dennis Hastings ingeniously adopt the conventions of Omaha oral narratives to tell the story and convey the significance of the Sacred Pole. Portions of classic anthropological texts (particularly Fletcher and La Flesche's The Omaha Tribe), Omaha narratives, and other historical and contemporary accounts are repeated each time in a different, more enlightening context in a circle of stories seamlessly woven around Umon'hon'ti. The

Robin Ridington and Dennis Hastings ingeniously adopt the conventions of Omaha oral narratives to tell the story and convey the significance of the Sacred Pole. Portions of classic anthropological texts (particularly Fletcher and La Flesche's The Omaha Tribe), Omaha narratives, and other historical and contemporary accounts are repeated--each time in a different, more enlightening context--in a circle of stories seamlessly woven around Umon'hon'ti. The result is an innovative account that effortlessly glides between past and present. This unique blend of Omaha poetics, ethnography, and ethnohistory is a significant contribution to our understanding of the religious life of Native Americans.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 04/01/2000
ISBN: 9780803289819
Pages: 259
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.01w x 0.65d
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